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Full-Stack Web Development with Vue.js and Node

By : Aneeta Sharma
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Full-Stack Web Development with Vue.js and Node

By: Aneeta Sharma

Overview of this book

Isomorphic JavaScript was the buzzword of the year 2017, allowing developers to utilize a single language throughout their web development stack and build cost-effective and scalable applications. MEVN is a one such modern web development stack consisting of web applications such as MongoDB, Express.js, Vue.js, and Node.js. Hands-On Full-Stack Web Development with Vue.js 2 and Node.js leverages the harmony of these technologies to help you create full-stack web applications. Starting with the core frameworks, this example-based guide explains all the key concepts of frameworks, how to set them up properly, and how to use popular modules to connect them together and make them work cohesively. You will learn all this with the help of real-world examples. In addition to this, you will be able to scaffold web application architecture, add an authentication layer, and develop the MVC structure to support the development of your application. You'll explore how to create data models for your applications and then write REST APIs by exposing your data model to your application. Solely orientated towards building a full, end-to-end application using the MEVN stack, this book will help you understand how your application development grows.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Traditional multi-web page application

In traditional multi web page application, when we build a web application and open a website by navigating to the browser, it requests the web server to fetch that page and serve it to the browser. When we click on a button on the same website, it again requests the web server to fetch another page and again serve it. This process happens for every single interaction we do on the website. So, basically, the website gets reloaded on every single interaction, which consumes a lot of time.

The following is a sample diagram that explains how a multi-page application works:

When a request is sent from the browser, the request is sent to the server. The server then returns the HTML content and serves a whole new whole page.

Multi Page Applications (MPA) can provide several benefits as well. It's not a matter of whether to choose MPA or a...